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Do labour market conditions shape immigrant-native gaps in employment outcomes? : a comparison of 19 European countries
Markaki, Yvonni - 2014
regulatory conditions on immigrant-native gaps across four outcomes; unemployment, monthly earnings, underemployment, and … precarious contracts. The empirical results suggest that immigrant-native gaps are larger in countries with more immigrants … immigrants' chances of holding temporary contracts. A stricter regulation of temporary contracts increases immigrants' risk of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010439678
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Sexual orientation and labor market outcomes : sexual orientation seems to affect job access and satisfaction, earning prospects, and interaction with colleagues
Drydakis, Nick - 2014
Studies from countries with laws against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation suggest that gay and lesbian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011422736
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ORU analyses of immigrant earnings in Australia, with international comparisons
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
international transferability of immigrants' human capital, and undereducation to favorable selection in immigration. Comparisons …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269488
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Do labour market conditions shape immigrant-native gaps in employment outcomes? A comparison of 19 European countries
Markaki, Yvonni - 2014
regulatory conditions on immigrant-native gaps across four outcomes; unemployment, monthly earnings, underemployment, and … precarious contracts. The empirical results suggest that immigrant-native gaps are larger in countries with more immigrants … immigrants' chances of holding temporary contracts. A stricter regulation of temporary contracts increases immigrants' risk of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418997
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Do migrants lower workplace wages?
White, Michael; Bryson, Alex - 2017
-white employees, a finding that is consistent with employer discrimination on grounds of race, or lower worker bargaining power when …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011612948
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An explanation for the lower payoff to schooling for immigrants in the Canadian labour market
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines the difference between the payoffs to schooling for immigrants and the native born in Canada, using … immigrants' human capital, and under-education to favourable selection in immigration. The results show that immigrants have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271271
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International migration and the economics of language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2014
destination language skills, and Economic incentives for acquiring this proficiency, (3) the consequences for immigrants of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230532
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The Complementarity of Language and Other Human Capital: Immigrant Earnings in Canada
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262796
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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271256
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The complementarity of language and other human capital : immigrant earnings in Canada
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2002
This paper analyzes the effects of language practice on earnings among adult male immigrants in Canada using the 1991 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011406870